CVE-2026-35345
uutils coreutils tail Privileged Information Disclosure via Symlink Replacement Race
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- canonical
Description
A vulnerability in the tail utility of uutils coreutils allows for the exfiltration of sensitive file contents when using the --follow=name option. Unlike GNU tail, the uutils implementation continues to monitor a path after it has been replaced by a symbolic link, subsequently outputting the contents of the link's target. In environments where a privileged user (e.g., root) monitors a log directory, a local attacker with write access to that directory can replace a log file with a symlink to a sensitive system file (such as /etc/shadow), causing tail to disclose the contents of the sensitive file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.10% · top 99% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- crates.iocoreutilsGHSA-xf75-659h-cgg5 (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10328 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xf75-659h-cgg5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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